mounting root filesystem issue ?

[Karl Larsen]

Graham Turner wrote:
> Andy, thanks for mail back
> 
> i think i had but anyways re-run of "fsck -f /dev/hda2" gives no error 
> indication as completes checks
> 
> duly noted on labels etc and  i will change back
> 
> any other views ?
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Green" <andy at warmcat.com>
> To: "For users of Fedora" <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 8:58 AM
> Subject: Re: mounting root filesystem issue ?
> 
> 
>> Somebody in the thread at some point said:
>>
>>> I think the initial issue was a power outage, causing the machine to
>>> shutdown in an unorderly manner. The installation was originally a RH9
>>
>>> /chmod: changing permissions of /var/log/wtmp'; read-only file system /
>>> /etc /
>>
>> You don't mention if you did a forced fsck on /dev/hda2, seeing stuff
>> like your FS is readonly can mean that your filesystem is in dire need
>> of a good combing.
>>
>> If you boot off the install DVD or CD1, and choose
>>
>> linux rescue
>>
>> you will be able to do
>>
>> fsck -f /dev/sda2
>>
>>> note that the first line was originally /label=/   /but i changed this
>>> on reading potential issues with labels (even though e2label reports
>>> corrected labels).
>>>
>>> Similarly the boot command in grub.conf was changed so as to read;
>>>
>>> /kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 ro root=/dev/hda2 /
>>> /initrd /initrd-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6.img /
>>
>> Labels will save you some hassle when you upgrade your kernel... recent
>> kernels changed accessing IDE stuff to go through the SCSI layer,
>> meaning that IDE HDD device names change from /dev/hdx to /dev/sdx.
>> Labels allow the right partition to be found despite this, whereas with
>> your current setup naming the device using the old names, it won't
>> succeed to boot.
>>
>> -Andy
>>
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> 
	I was having a problem with no swap partitions being found. I looked at 
my fstab and both swap partitions had huge long labels. That was the 
problem. I changed everything on fstab from lables to actual locations 
like /dev/sdb2 and it's all working fine now. Both swap partitions are 
found.


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	Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
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